Argument leads to man’s arrest

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May 6, 2014 at 12:01 AM

STOCKTON - A 28-year-old man who was being arrested early Monday on suspicion of assaulting an underage girl he was dating turned his anger on a Stockton police officer and required a wrap device to subdue him after kicking the officer, authorities reported.

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STOCKTON - A 28-year-old man who was being arrested early Monday on suspicion of assaulting an underage girl he was dating turned his anger on a Stockton police officer and required a wrap device to subdue him after kicking the officer, authorities reported.

The suspect, Rigoberto Salgado, 28, was taken to San Joaquin General Hospital, where he was pre-booked before he was jailed on suspicion of battery, resisting arrest, assault on an officer and narcotics violations, according to a report.

Police got a call about 1:20 a.m. Monday regarding a man assaulting a woman in the middle of the intersection at California and Lindsay streets, just northeast of downtown. They learned that the suspect, Salgado, and victim were in a dating relationship and that Salgado was accused of striking her in the face during an argument.

As Salgado became uncooperative and continued to interrupt interviews, officers tried to put him in the back of a patrol car. He refused to get up off the ground and had to be carried, at which point he kicked an officer several times in the shin. When the officer released him, Salgado got back on the ground and began slamming his head into the concrete, claiming he was going to kill himself, police reported.

This led to a small laceration on his head, and the restraint was deployed to help control Salgado, police said. While searching him, officers also discovered 0.46 gram of crystal methamphetamine, according to a report.

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